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Science Shorts: Tangling With Hair
You're probably familiar with the fairy tale of Rapunzel and how her prince climbed her golden locks to her tower. In this month's activity, your stu...
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Every Day Science Calendar: March 2006
This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer. ...
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In this section the editor discusses how children are expected to understand how their bodies work as well as how to keep their bodies healthy as alig...
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Libros de Ciencias en Espanol (2006): A selection of recent science trade books in Spanish
If you have Spanish-speaking students in your science class, you will likely be interested in learning about the recent releases of Spanish trade book...
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One of the big changes in childhood is the loss of "baby" teeth, beginning around age five. Children often say, "I'm a big kid now. I lost my tooth!...
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Science 101: How does the human body turn food into useful energy?
As with just about everything else involving the human body, it is absolutely amazing that we can chow down on various things and somehow use this bas...
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Reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone aloud to her sixth grade students, inspired a teacher to create a mathematics activity based on budgetin...
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What do Australia, Alaska, Qatar, Indiana, and Ohio all have in common? Similar climates? Population numbers? No, the authentic writing More Observ...
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Teaching Through Trade Books: Science From the Heart
It's a fact: kids today are less fit than they were only a generation ago. Many are showing early signs of cardiovascular risk factors such as physic...
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For many children, especially those with reading difficulties, a motor-kinesthetic learning activity may be an effective tool to teach complex concept...
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Reflecting on a recent case study, this article discusses one district’s process for adopting a new science curriculum and how it revealed key issue...
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Science 101: Why does a color change indicate a chemical change?
There are a a number of indicators you can use to determine whether or not a chemical reaction has occurred. Among them are a change in color, the ev...
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Preschool children explore matter and complete a solution-making lesson in which they categorize substances (water, sugar, and lemon juice) and mix th...